Journey to the West: Beginning with the Apprenticeship of Bodhi Patriarch

Chapter 41: Wood Mother's Circulation

However, it is said that Jiang Tong'er was guided by the original spirit and asked for the magic of Wood Mother. His mind was in a state of concentration and he entered the Liver Pass again. He saw a black wind blowing in the pass. This wind was not the east, west, south, north wind, nor the gentle and fragrant golden north wind, nor the wind of flowers, willows, pines and bamboos. It was a wind of desire. When it blew, the power of the God of Desire would be great.

Jiang Yuan entered here and saw the Wood Mother.

The Wood Mother was in the form of a pig, lazy by nature, lying on the ground with a big belly, saying, "Why, I wish the eight desires would be fulfilled, please?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, "I want to ask you today, whether you are righteous or not!"

Mu Mu said: "No, no!"

Jiang Yuan asked again: "Are you really not coming back?"

Mu Mu said: "There is a saying that goes 'When teaching the truth, beware of six ears'. If I teach you the truth, I will only beware of five ears, because you have few ears!"

When Jiang Yuan heard this, he did not hesitate to call his heart monkey to bring Jin Gong, and his hidden horse reappeared.

Mu Mu was about to say more and call a boy to stop him from being scared, but unexpectedly the boy raised his hand and told the black and white fish to start fighting.

The wooden mother was caught off guard and fell to the ground, unable to get up. The two black and white fish formed a Tai Chi diagram, pressing upwards, and it really felt like a mountain was pressing down on her body.

"Wrong, wrong!"

"Tell the monkey to leave quickly. I am willing to return to the right path and practice the Dao of Alchemy together!"

Mu Mu couldn't move and could only shout.

Jiang Tong'er pointed at Mu Mu and said, "I told you to change your ways earlier, but you didn't listen. Now it's too late."

He got angry and beat Mu Mu together. He hit the pig's face with three points of force and the tiger's face with two points of lightness. Mu Mu screamed in pain. How could he be so arrogant and domineering that day? He sincerely regretted it today.

Jiang Yuan fought for 800 men before he made the monkeys retreat. He then asked, "What are you going to do?"

Mu Mu was trembling with fear and said, "I regret it, but I am unwilling to give in. Even if I change my ways, it will not count."

Jiang Yuan said, "I have my own method. I will give you the precepts today. From today on, if you have desire again, I will ask my monkey to beat you eight hundred times."

Mu Mu said, "I wish so, I wish so!"

When Jiang Yuan heard this, he didn't have time to think about it. The Mud Palace shook violently, and the spiritual light of the primordial spirit fell on the Wood Mother. When the spiritual light disappeared, the Eight Precepts were found on the top of the Wood Mother's head. This was the time when she received the precepts.

Mu Mu knelt down and said, "I have turned over a new leaf, I have turned over a new leaf! Don't hit me!"

Jiang Tong'er knew that Mu Mu was frightened and did not sincerely return to the right path, so this would not count. He had his original spirit to guide him and knew the way. He thought to himself, "This time Mu Mu has eight precepts on her head, so I should temper my temper. One day she will be given nine precepts, and then I can return to the right path."

Grinding things takes time, he knows it well. In the past, when he subdued the monkey in his heart, he had to use the skill of grinding with water. When he burned the golden man, he had to use the skill of controlling the temperature. When he tamed the willful horse, he had to use the skill of searching.

The wooden mother should be ground to teach him to get rid of the eight desires and return to the right path as soon as possible.

In the quiet room.

Jiang Yuan opened his eyes, knowing what was going on. There was a way to deal with Mu Mu. Among Mu Mu's eight desires, laziness was the most important, so he taught her to walk. After she had walked thousands of miles and had walked for a long time, her temper would naturally go away.

There are ways to do this. The Wood Mother is stored in his liver and should walk in his body. There are 365 acupoints in the human body, and the 365 degrees of the Zhoutian are followed. The Wood Mother should walk the Zhoutian number. When it is finished, there are nine precepts on the top of the head, which is how to return to the position.

The boy gave instructions to Mu Mu, who was trembling with fear and did not dare to disobey, so she agreed.

He had just finished dealing with the matter of Mu Mu when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the cave.

Jiang Tong'er pushed the door open and walked out. When he reached the gate of the mansion, his palace was shaken. He used his energy and eyes to see some black air outside the mansion. This was also the evil air. There was actually a demon outside the cave mansion.

He pushed the door open and saw a thief with a leopard head and a human body holding a knife and shouting outside.

Jiang Yuan looked around and saw that the man had some skills, not inferior to the Evil Wind Mountain Tigress. He asked, "Who is disturbing us here?"

The thief raised his knife and said pointedly, "I came from a distant mountain as a great king, and now I have landed here. This mountain is indeed Zhongxiu. I made a cave in this mountain. You, boy, leave quickly!"

Jiang Yuan suddenly realized that he knew someone was coming to rob the cave. How come his cave was called the cave of Bodhi Patriarch? In the past, no demons and ghosts dared to enter. Now that the Patriarch is far away and the mountain has lost its great magic power, demons dare to enter. This is no different from when he followed Laozi to the west, and Laozi left, and the demons in Hezhou, West Niu, bullied him. It is true that he bullies the weak and fears the strong.

The boy said nothing, took out the Yu Ding and tried to subdue the monster.

……

The story goes that the founder went to the scenic spot of Lingshan to attend a Dharma assembly, and saw the three thousand Buddhas, five hundred Arhats, the eight great Vajras, and countless Bodhisattvas all there.

The Dharma Assembly was in full swing at this time.

The master felt something in his heart and looked towards Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

Guanyin Bodhisattva approached, greeted him and said, "Brother Daoist, why are you doing this?"

The master bowed slightly in return and said, "Just think about the boy."

This Bodhisattva is known as 'the compassionate Lord on Mount Luojia, the living Avalokitesvara in Chaoyin Cave' and should be respected with great respect.

The Bodhisattva said: "Guangxin is a man of great spiritual power, and the path to alchemy has great potential. Why are you worried, brother? I have the messenger Hui'an, who has practiced hard for many years, but he is no match for Guangxin."

The Patriarch did not answer, but asked: "Why didn't Laojun come to this meeting?"

The Bodhisattva shook his head and said, "The Buddha has personally invited me, but I have not been able to get it."

The ancestor said, "In the past, when the Purple Qi of the Lord Lao came from the East, you blocked it and kept it away for 33 years. You almost got nothing. It was good that the Lord Lao did not beat you."

The Bodhisattva said: "This is because the Buddhist teachings in Xiniuhezhou are profound."

The master smiled and said nothing.

The Bodhisattva said, "Brother, in the past in Dongsheng Shenzhou, the essence of the sun and the moon formed a holy fetus. What do you think?"

The ancestor said: "It was created by the heaven and earth. There may be a big demon in the future. Dongsheng Shenzhou gave birth to such a demon, so it is rare. Among the four major continents, Beijuluzhou has many monsters and demons. If it is born in Dongsheng Shenzhou, it is normal."

The Bodhisattva seemed to want to speak but hesitated, which showed the attitude of the Patriarch, who was at a loss as to what to say.

……

Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

Jiang Yuan managed to make the leopard demon surrender in no time and got three out of the five children. With the help of Yu Ding, he used a sleight of hand to throw Yu Ding away, which hit the leopard demon on the top of his head. How could the leopard demon not surrender?

After killing the monster, he knew that there might be a demon haunting the mountain, so he started patrolling the mountain, determined to keep the mountain peaceful.

The boy patrolled the mountain every day and taught Wood Mother to walk around the sky, with the Heart Monkey following her. Whenever Wood Mother slacked off, the Heart Monkey would beat her, scaring her into running away quickly.

There is no sixty years in the mountains, and I don’t know the years until the cold ends. Before I know it, five years have passed.

When Jiang Yuan was patrolling at the foot of the mountain, he indeed found some little demons causing trouble. He subdued them with the Yu Ding, but Mu Mu was very slow in dealing with them.

This fellow was indeed a lazy man, he cursed three times before taking a step, and always wanted to go back to Guanzhong to rest. Five years had passed, and he had not walked half of the circle. He was so slow, and from time to time he thought about women, Xianghua, and tried to instigate his mind to help him pick the mule, but he did not listen to him.

Jiang Tong'er couldn't do anything to Mu Mu. If Mu Mu dared to talk nonsense, he would beat her.

It was actually the Wood Mother who was causing the desire. If he had not had the Yu Ding by his side and had not been persuaded by the Wood Mother, wouldn't his hard work have been in vain?

When Jiang Yuan had nothing to do, he would personally teach Mu Mu to move forward and not slack off. Only under his urging did she move a little faster.

It was really that Mu's mother was extremely afraid of him, otherwise she would have sat down and refused to move.

This also teaches the boy to understand that he should never rely on what he says to Mu Mu, but should teach his mind to "talk" to her, only then will it be effective...

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